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Generals bestriding the summit of the Chinese military establishment will be
forced to serve a two-week stint in the lowest ranks of the People’s
Liberation Army as part of a new campaign to “boost morale”.

The unexpected, and almost certainly unwelcome, orders were issued to all
officers above the rank of lieutenant-colonel by Xi Jinping, who took over
command of China’s military at the same time as he was installed as the
country’s President last month.

The humbling of the top brass, which is seen by analysts as a bid by Mr Xi to
stamp his mark on the military